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Channel Configuration

                                           VBBS 6.12 Documentation -- 2-D-1


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          CHAPTER TWO ANNEX D    2. CHANNEL CONFIGURATION                
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                In this section of VCONFIG, you can configure the multi-
         user communications aspects of VBBS and define the correct modem
         port for single-line installations.

         ͻ    If you have only one line, you won't spend much time in
         ͼ    this section of VCONFIG.  You only need to tell VBBS which
                COM port to use for Channel 1.

                When you bring up the CHANNEL configuration screen, you
         will see a long list of channel numbers and their current charac-
         teristics.  To edit a particular line, use the arrow keys to move
         the highlight bar to the channel you want to edit, then press
         [Enter].  This will bring up a second screen with the following
         information:

         1) Serial Port
            
            This setting can range from COM1 to COM8 for communica-
            tions ports.  Whichever COM port you specify is what this
            channel will use.

            If set to LOCAL, then no COM port at all is used for this
            channel.  By using the LOCAL setting, VBBS could be used
            as the interoffice mail system on a LAN.

         2) Base Address (Hex)
         3) IRQ (Hex)
            
            For unique addressing, you may configure the port base ad-
            dress and IRQ directly.  Both entries should be entered in
            hexadecimal format.

         4) Baud Rate
            
            This field sets the baud rate of the COM port.

         5) Init String
            
            The modem commands needed to properly initialize your mo-
            dem for VBBS go here.  For initialization strings for sev-
            eral of the more popular modems, see MODEM.DOC.

         ͻ    There are several message bases on VirtualNET from which
         ͼ    you can get help in "tweaking" your init string to fit
                your exact setup.  These include the "VBBS Modem
                Technical Support Sub" and "Modem Mania". Run VAREA
                to see the latest subslist entries.

         6) Locked Baud Rate
            
            If you are using a standard 2400-baud modem without error

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            correction, this should be set to NO; if you are using a
            high-speed modem, or a modem with error correction, this
            should be set to YES.

         7) Hardware (RTS/CTS) Handshake
            
            If you are using a standard 2400-baud modem without error
            correction, this should be set to NO; if you are using a
            high-speed modem, or a modem with error correction, this
            should be set to YES.

            Yes, this says the very same thing as 6); I had to check
            the original documentation myself to make sure I hadn't
            made a typo!  :-)

         8) Minimum Baud Rate Allowed
            
            This feature can be used to "lock out" users using slower
            modems, should you desire to do so.  This can be config-
            ured independently for each active channel.  For example,
            a sysop running a single-channel installation might wish
            to lock out 300-baud callers; she would enter a value of
            1200 in this field.  A value of 0 in this field disables
            the minimum-baud-rate feature.

            A text file called TOOSLOW.TXT (found in your \TXT direc-
            tory) is displayed to the user immediately upon connect
            if his modem is at a disallowed speed.  This ASCII text
            file may, of course, be customized to suit your needs.

         ͻ    If you're running more than one channel, one of which
         ͼ    uses a high-speed modem, you may wish to use the minimum-
                baud-rate feature to reserve the high-speed channel for
                the exclusive use of high-speed callers.

